Marion Pritchard

This article is about the Dutch-American World War II Resistance hero. For the early 20th-century fashion journalist, see Marian Pritchard.

Marion Pritchard
Van Binsbergen (Pritchard) in 1944 with Erica Polak, a Jewish baby that she was hiding
Born
Marion Philippina van Binsbergen

(1920-11-07)7 November 1920
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died11 December 2016(2016-12-11) (aged 96)
Washington, D.C., United States
Known forRescuing Dutch Jews during World War II

Marion Philippina Pritchard (née van Binsbergen; 7 November 1920 – 11 December 2016[1]) was a Dutch-American social worker and psychoanalyst, who distinguished herself as a savior of Jews in the Netherlands during the Second World War. Pritchard helped save approximately 150 Dutch Jews, most of them children, throughout the German occupation of the Netherlands.[2][3] In addition to protecting these people’s lives, she was imprisoned by Nazis, worked in collaboration with the Dutch resistance, and shot dead a known Dutch informer to the Nazis to save Dutch Jewish children.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Marion Pritchard (1920-2016)". Legacy.com. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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  3. ^ a b "Profiles in Courage". Keene State College. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ Burns, Margie. "Marion Pritchard, Dutch Savior". The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ^ Moehringer, J.R. (20 January 2002). "A Hidden and Solitary Soldier". LA Times. Retrieved 23 December 2016.